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DWIGHT S. CLARK, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE S'IECHERLITHOGRAPHIC CQMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,760, dated January30, 1894.

Application filed October '7, 1893. Serial No. 487,456. (No model.)

erence being had to the accompanying drawings,-forming a part of thisspecification, and to the reference-numerals and letters of referencemarked thereon.

My-present invention has for its object to provide an improvedcollapsible paper-box or carton adapted for holding merchandise ofvarious kinds, or bottles containing medicines or the like, and itconsists in certain improvements in construction and combinations ofparts, all as will be hereinafter fully described and the novel featurespointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.I

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank; Fig.2, a perspective view showing the first stage of folding one end; Fig.3,a similar-view of another stage; Fig. 4:, a perspective view showing themanner of folding the other end of the box or carton; Fig. 5, a view ofa modification.

Similar reference numerals and letters of reference in the severalfigures indicate similar parts.

In making boxes or cartons, it is oftentimes desirable to provide themat one end with a tight closure, which may be secured by pasting down asingle covering flap forming one end of the box, while the other end iscapable of being secured and covered by a label lar material, the fulllines indicating the places where the blank is out, and the dotted lineswhere it is scored or indented in such manner that it may be readilyfolded. The blank is preferably-divided by the scored lines 3, 4 and 5into the panels a, b, c, and d, the panel at having a short securingstrip e attached thereto, as shown. The blank is further scored on thelines 1 and 2 indicating the top and bottom of the box or carton whenset up, and at the end of the panel a is formed a broad covering flap'a;at the end of b, the flap b is formed with the tongue 6 and scored toform a triangular panel 7; at the end of the panel a is formed the flapc scored to form the triangular panels 8 and 9, and at the one end ofthe panel 01 is a flap d scored to form the triangular panel 10, saidflap d being also provided with a cut tongue 11; these parts forming theclosure for the end of the box, which is adapted to be sealed when thebox is setup.

In order to set up the box, the blank is bent onthe lines 3, 4 and 5,the panel 01 and strip e are pasted together, as is usual in thisclassof devices, and then in order to secure the end just described, thetriangular panels or gores ,7, 8, 9 and 10 are bent inward, as shown inFig. 2, and closed down, bending the flaps 0, cl, first, and then theflap b and inserting the tongue 6 on the latter into the aperture in theflap 61' formed by cutting the tongue 11 therein, as shown in Fig. 3.This will leave the broad flap a standing, and the flaps b, c, and (1will constitute a flat surface to which paste or glue may be applied,and then the flap a. may be turned down and secured thereto making a'secure and fiat fastening, as will be understood,and the flat surfaceformed by these flaps b, o, and (1' will afiord a secure holding groundfor the flap a.

' Instead of cutting the tongue 11 in the flap d, it will be understoodthat a single slit would answer the purpose, although this would renderit more difficultto enter the tongue 6 in it, and I therefore prefer theconstruction shown.

Although this box is adapted, as stated, to have one end closed by aseparate label at the other end from the one described, it will beunderstood that the fastening just described could be applied to eitheror both ends, if desired. In the preferred form, however, in which thefastening label is employed and a tight closure is not desired at theother end, the blank is constructed and the closure formed as in Figs. 1and 4, the

panels a and-c being provided at one-end with the flaps or, and 0 bothsimilarly constructed with tongues 12 formed by slitting the material,as shown, and the panels 1) and d are provided with flaps b and d eachof which is cut so as to form tongues 13, which, however, are only forthe purpose of providing slits for the accommodation of the tongues 12on the flaps a, and c. In closing this end of the box the flaps b and dare first folded down, as indicated in Fig. 4, and then, the fiapsa andc are folded over upon tliem and the tongues 12 inserted in, the slitsformed in; cutting the tongues 13. This form of fasteningis-notsufliciently tight for packagesofv pulverulent material, but might beused for packages containing bottles or similar ar-v ticles and could beused,vof course, without employingthe form of closure shown at the otherendof the box, but is-well adapted to a form of box which it is desiredto close at one or both ends, with a label or covering one'that isseparate, sothat a better closure isfonrnedand one less liable to permitthe escape of a pulverulent material than a closure employing separateflaps, also that the flaps b, of and d" are supported in a measure bythe gores7, 8,. 9 and 10, thereby allowing the I flap a to be moresecurely fastened.v It will also be understood that the upper part ofthe flap 1) containing the tongue 6 could be dispensed with, if desired,and the-flap I) made the same height as the flaps c and d, and when thisform is used a flat surface for the securing of the broad flap a wouldbe obtained without the necessity of performing atongue-and-slitlockingoperation, all as shown in Fig. 5.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein described closure for foldingboxes embodying the flaps b, o, and d scored to form panels 7, 8, 9 and10, the interlocking tongue and slot connections between flaps b and d,and the separate whole flap a, ar-

ranged and operating substantially as described.

2. A blank forfoldingbQXQS having-the, panels a, 12, 0,01 and a.connecting. flapandalso having, flaps a, b5, 0-, anddflthe three latterpanels 7, 8, 9 and lO, intenloekingtongues and slits between the flapsbf and d, and short flaps (1?, b 0 d at the other,- end of the blankhaving interlocking tongues-and slots;12,and 13, substantiallyasdescribed.

at. The herein describedclosureforfolding boxesembqdying the flapsb.',c' and d, scored to formpanels7, 8, 9 and 10,: and the flap abroader than the other flaps,and. adapted to cover, them all, whenfolded-,substantially as shown and described.

DWIGHT S. CLARK;

Witnesses:

FRED F. CHURCH, GRACE A. RoDA.,

